On Thursday, Qwest announced that it will offer two new fiber-optic Internet connectivity options as part of its Fiber to the Neighborhood (FTTN) initiative. According to PC World and Broadband Reports, the two new levels of service, Quantum and Titanium, will feature download speeds of 12 and 20Mbps and cost $52 and $105, respectively. Both will be [...]

A little background: Earlier this year I kept coming across a particular photo in tech-related marketing materials online and in print. At first, I thought the photo was just generic enough to seem familiar. But through an image search I quickly confirmed this wasn’t the case.
It turns out the photo, featuring a woman in a [...]

We’re in the middle of hiring a system and network engineer and I wanted to share a few tips on how to get noticed if you’re considering applying for a position X-BAR.
I don’t know how these compare to what other companies—large or small—look for, but these are the things that we notice, for better and for [...]

A friend turned me on to Washington State’s Unclaimed Property website. I did a quick search and learned that I had about $200 waiting for me. One was an overpayment on my Seattle City Light bill from my last apartment and the other two were related to class action law-suits against Dell.
After a quick submission [...]

Get your plastic cups, kids, because there is free Wi-Fi all over the place and we now have a map to the party. Thanks to our beloved Lifehacker not only is the truth out there, it is closer than it appears.
For the whole skinny check out this and bask in the radiant glow of our [...]